The History of Modern Mathematics

Images, Ideas, and Communities

Eberhard Knobloch editor David E Rowe editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Published:26th Aug '94

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The History of Modern Mathematics cover

Please provide.

Addresses the historiographical and philosophical issues involved in determining the meaning of mathematical history. This book traces the development of the ideas of differential geometry and analysis and discusses structure and interaction of mathematical communities.This volume contains nine essays dealing with historical issues of mathematics. The topics covered span three different approaches to the history of mathematics that may be considered both representative and vital tothe field. The first section, Images of Mathematics, addresses the historiographical and philosophical issues involved in determining the meaning of mathematical history. The second section, Differential Geometry and Analysis, traces the convoluted development of the ideas of differential geometry and analysis. The third section, Research Communities and International Collaboration, discusses the structure and interaction of mathematical communities through studies of the social fabric of the mathematical communities of the U.S. and China.

ISBN: 9780125996631

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 710g

301 pages

3rd edition